When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

While true limitations and consequences of trading physical books for online alternatives are often most harmful for young kids’ comprehension, according to a study from Review of Educational Research ...

NEW YORK — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase ...

Fun fact: Reading about someone else actually activates "mirror neurons," circuits in our neurological system that may cause ...

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

If you love reading books more than interacting with people, don’t worry—your secret is safe with me. If you're a fellow bibliophile, I can relate to obsessively collecting titles for your to-read ...

Some readers are using video and audio to create scenes that mimic cozy settings in their books. Popularized on BookTok, ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. A perfect storm is brewing for reading. AI arrived as both kids and adults were already ...

Crafting The New York Times Book Review’s annual list involves arguments, politicking and, every once in a while, a rare consensus. Credit...Holly Szczypka Supported by By Megan McCrea Times Insider ...